SaffronKeira is a project established in 2008 by Eugenio Caria from the island of Sardinia, Italy. With SaffronKeira, Eugenio Caria lives out his passion of being a researcher of the possibility of expression offered by currently available technology. Indeed, in his tracks he experiments a lot with electronics and unconventional elements, which sometimes seem meaning- less at first sight, but uncover their significance only on a closer examination. Combining subtle and sometimes even almost invisible rhythms with textures of sound he confidently moves between minimalistic pieces and classic ambient tracks which should please both the analytic ears and the listeners who just want to dive into the music.
After a couple of remixes, live releases and EPs, SaffronKeira's debut album "A New Life" saw the light of the day in July 2012 and the press responded with reviews such as "The evolving tracks take on a hypnotic atmosphere, swirling just below the line of consciousness, where the received and the perceived datum collide, creating a brand new universe, space and dimension. A New Life is an album that will surely grab your attention if you are a fan of digital darkness and analog void by artists such as Murcof, Jasper TX, Hecq, Cindytalk, The Caretaker, Andy Stott, Raime" (Headphone Commute) or "As SaffronKeira, Caria’s music could easily fall into the realms of experimental electronica and dark ambient, frequencies of electronic IDM and minimalistic beats that edge close to techno, but it goes much deeper, and darker, than that." (A Closer Listen).
Only half a year after his impressive debut, SaffronKeira returns with another concept album, entitled "Tourette". While "A New Life" dealt with transition, maturation, the white and black parts of life, the common theme of "Tourette" seem to be neurological diseases. And indeed, it is not difficult to imagine the vast neural network of the human brain while listening to "Tourette", to visualize how electric impulses switch from neuron to neuron, follow various paths in the cerebral cortex, spread and recombine and eventually are lead astray or possible meet a damaged nerve cell. Eugenio Caria manages to capture the complexity, fragility and inscrutability of these processes in his usual mixture of very abstract electronic parts on the one hand and extremly warm layers of sound on the other hand. Finishing with the epic "The Hope", "Tourette" leaves the listener in a puzzled situation, as he soon realises that it poses more questions than answers.
For fans of FENNESZ, MURCOF, MAX RICHTER, ARVO PART, etc.
JUNKSISTA have recorded a special Christmas tune that you will hum along in record time.
You can download the track right now from our Bandcamp page for free (and if you want, you can even pay something).
The Rutted Road" is the the third album by French Neofolk band Pale Roses, following "Fear Of Dawn" (The Eastern Front) and "Unveiled" (Rage in Eden).
Basically, the music remains the same: pastoral guitar arpeggios, melodic bass lines, some piano, but with more percussion and sound effects than in the first two albums.
The lyrics are a tribute to some historical places (Bedlam and Tyburn), to a few favourite authors (Ambrose Bierce, Robert Holdstock, WH Hodgson, ST Coleridge) and to pagan beliefs and various elements of folklore.
Brilliant songwriting in the style of Spirogyra, Pearls Before Swine or Current 93. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
Anal Aura Gram” is a vinyl version of the long deleted CDR that came in limited quantities with the 2003 album “Aural Anagram”. Andrew offers a sort of audio high-colonic by flushing unwanted polyps with his unpredictable attacks and decays.
He has developed a compositional technique that makes individual sonic shifts as compelling as the music itself. The tones arise from submarine-crushing depths into the tails of comets, except when they are suddenly transported into the gut of a mountain. Or into the strangely populated belly of a whale. Harmonicas within crystals within faerie fyre?
Inside every out-worldly dream-drone is a debris field of small, lovingly constructed noise stabs which strike like matches or coil like cobras. Fizzling, sighing, groaning under-carriage sounds ping and rattle in and out like the quiet clamour of an old house, next to an old church, built on an ancient Indian burial brothel. It is like listening to a hologram of a black hole devouring radio signals. Finally, time to get Anal! Ltd x 300 copies on 180 gram blue vinyl and packaged in a custom made book bound sleeve. Also features a bonus 7" of remixes by Steven Severin (Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Glove).
The first new album in 9 years! Founded by Michael Popp (Deine Lakaien) and Sigrid Hausen (Qntal), Estampie from 1990 until 2004 released 8 albums that were all very successful both in the alternative/dark/wave- and the traditional, classical scene.
Their pieces narrate stories of trolls, kings, enchanted nightingales and dancing bears... This new opus is dedicated to Europe’s Northern territories and its sagas and fairytales.
As on their 8 previous albums, Estampie again use a lot of traditional, medieval- and ethnic musical instruments, without sounding ‘intellectual’ or ‘academic’.
